On Sat, 16 Aug 2003, Paul Jakma wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Aug 2003, Michael K. Johnson wrote:
>
> > That /usr is required to init IPv6 would be a bug.
>
> Indeed.
But is it a serious one? :-)
> [root@fogarty network-scripts]# egrep '\<(id|uniq)\>' *
> init.ipv6-global: sysctl -a | grep "^net\.ipv6\.conf\."
> | awk -F. '{ print $4 }' | sort | uniq | while read interface; do
> init.ipv6-global: sysctl -a | grep "^net\.ipv6\.conf\."
> | awk -F. '{ print $4 }' | sort | uniq | while read interface; do
> init.ipv6-global: sysctl -a | grep "^net\.ipv6\.conf\."
> | awk -F. '{ print $4 }' | sort | uniq | while read interface; do
> network-functions: if [ "`id -u`" = "0" ]; then
>
> neither id nor uniq should be considered available before netfs and
> autofs have run.
>
> either these 2 utils should be installed to /bin, not /usr/bin (sort
> is installed to /bin) or network init scripts should not use them.
When designing the IPv6 parts of the initscripts, the two things have been
non-goals:
1) IPv6-only operation (no IPv4 enabled at all)
* not the time for it yet, IMHO.
2) IPv6 without /usr
* limited interest for IPv6 in cases where /usr is not usable
Perhaps 2) could be rather easily fixed, as you write.
Do folks have opinions on the desired level of IPv6 availability?
--
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Netcore Oy kingdom bleeds."
Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings
